(ACE) The STARK Team

The source of the spark perked up from behind the boulder, fearfully approaching Lithium [She found this quite humorous how she would be feared, but nonetheless spoke of nothing], trying his best to keep his cool as he extended his arm toward the shiny Ponyta, "I-it's nice to m-meet you M-miss." Lithium blinked at the arm, she obviously couldn't use her hooves, well she could, but she found it all too awkward [What scares her the most is the massive size differences between many Pokemon]. Instead the fire-horse lowered her head, allowing the Electric-type to reach out for her cheek, or at least her muzzle, "A pleasure to meet you as well, I'm Lithium." She said with a timid smile.
Timid, mostly because she was quite worried of how the Pikachu seemed all... Shaky, also because she hoped that he wouldn't notice her differently colored features [Actually that's a bit too obvious], and her little jar of origami stars that was hidden within her thick, nice, warm, blue scarf.

"And what's your name?" She asked, her blue flame flickered and danced within the darkness, there was a reason she hated caves. Well Stark Mountain wasn't that dark, but she hated it nonetheless, despite the fact her flames accompanied her literally everywhere she goes. She stood up, as she awaited an answer, though it bothered her how she only see one side of the Mouse Pokemon's face.

Shinra was releived to see that they were on good terms (though she could tell Grim intentionally averted her gaze from Delta.)
"So where are we headed?" Grim asked the eevee directly. It was a bit odd, being addressed as though she were the leader of this little group. "I'm, uh, not really sure," Shinra admitted sheepishly. "I originally came here to try and find any treasures and goodies left lying around. The shops and Pokecenters are pretty much all looted, so dropped and hidden things are our best shot at supplies now." Besides, treasure hunting is really fun.

((sorry for the shortness, I couldn't think of much else to say))

Delta stood to stand beside Shinra, pointedly avoiding the Charizard as she did the same. Harumph. How utterly and indescribably rude this fire lizard was! It frustrated him to no end that she would attack so recklessly and run off - it was one of the things that he could not stand, a hit-and-runner. The Herdier stifled his grumbles to himself, his wandering gaze looking over the other Pokemon (not including Grim, of course).

There stood a shiny Ponyta, although after meeting an emotional Pikachu and an angry Charizard, the blue flames weren't so much as a surprise as he wished it to be. My first meeting with a shiny Pokemon, and I don't have the heart to look into it. Delta blamed it on how much has happened since he last had his trainer to contend with, speaking of 'proper' topics and being a gentleman at all times. Heh, if his trainer and his uncle, Mr. Backlot, saw where he was and what he was doing, they wouldn't be very pleased with him. "I originally came here to try and find any treasures and goodies left lying around. The shops and Pokecenters are pretty much all looted, so dropped and hidden things are our best shot at supplies now."

"That seems ideal," the Loyal Dog Pokemon agreed, glancing behind him to make sure Xela was following. Delta then brought his gaze over to the new horse, nodding in respect as he bowed in welcome. "Good day, madam."

The Pikachu slowly stroked Lithium's fur, the Ponyta giving a small smile, hopefully he would stop being so shy? He seemed quite interesting. "Good day, madam." A gruff, yet polite voice perked up, the shiny Fire-horse Pokemon stood, fixing her gaze on a Herdier, a Delcatty following him. She gave hesitant nod with a snort, she never really liked it when she was formally talked to, the Ponyta liked it better when they all feel comfortable around her and call her by her na- Oh wait, this Pokemon doesn't know her name, oh yeah...

Before she could speak, the Pikachu stammered, "I'm...I'm sorry... I'll....I should go away...away from you." Lithium blinked, ready to call out for him, but he disappeared, running off deeper into the cave with sparks flashing about. She gave a heavy sigh, turning her head back to the Loyal Dog Pokemon and Delcatty, "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, I'm Lithium, and I prefer to be called like that rather than Madam thank you very much." Sounded a bit rude than intended on the last part, the Fire Horse prayed to Arceus they wouldn't hold a grudge to her because of that mistake.

Lithium blinked as she also spotted an Eevee and a Charizard, damn she was being a rude bitch today, she gave a nod toward the twosome, acknowledging her presence. Though the Ponyta felt that the normal-type and fire-type wasn't even aware of her existence... "So shall we go after the Pikachu? We should stay in a group if we want to get through this hellhole." And by hellhole, she literally meant it. The Epidemic was a mess, and hellhole itself. Nonetheless, she awaited a response from the group, most of her hoping they would run after the poor guy. Not that he deserved pity, but Lithium had a liking for him.

Xela rubbed herself against Delta before following him and Shinra. She still couldn't quite wrap her head around what had happened to her and she saw the worry in both of her friend's eyes but she kept quite but brushed against Delta every once in a while to make sure she wasn't dreaming and he was still there beside her. As the stopped, she stared in wonder at the magnificent Ponyta, her mouth slightly open in awe.

(OOC Sorry guys I'm back and I'll write a better post next time.)

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, I'm Lithium, and I prefer to be called like that rather than Madam thank you very much." Delta conceded with a gentle nod, reminding himself to call the Ponyta as such from then on. It would be highly rude if he did any other! Flicking his tail, he watched in silent frustration as the Pikachu ran yet again. If only that lad would have more confidence in himself! In times of blight and danger, one had to put aside personal difficulties for the chance of another tomorrow. But that Pikachu? The Herdier had to admit that the electric type was making it just slightly harder for him to help.

When Lithium suggested that they go and follow after the reckless Pikachu, Delta did not object, although he was a tad tired of following after someone who would just flee moments later. "Treasure hunting can come later, Shinra, but I propose that tracking the Mouse shall be our priority." The Loyal Dog Pokemon stepped forward in the light of the two flaming fire types, his fur prickling as the heat radiated from both of them. At a moment's glance Delta's eyes came into contact with Grim's, but only for a moment before he brought them once more to his front. I still do not like your brashness, Charizard. If he had the chance to say what he could to the large lizard, the Herdier would do absolutely nothing.

That's because I won't result to violence like her. Huffing to himself, and giving a look at the others for confirmation (or not), the dog padded into the darkness, after the Mouse Pokemon.

((OOC-I have to skip....I'm really upset right now but I don't want to go into the safe house. I apologize.))

The day was coming to a close as the Sea Weasel made her way through Stark Mountain. She had been in better places, but it wasn't as bad as some places. She spat and twisted the hay in her mouth as she made her way to the top or better yet, to a place she could find untainted water. She shook her head and continued on. When she first come upon the mountain, it was crawling with fire, rock and ground type infected, but thanks to the Sea Weasel, most were gone. The Sea Weasel was interested in the mountain because the legendary pokemon Heatran was supposed to live here. She just wondered if he still lived here.

(OOC: errr skip me. Let's just say that Xela wandered off from the others. Maybe Aqua could find her. Other than that, we lost a lot of people and Idk what to say.)

As the Floatzel made her way through the small desert that lay at the mountains foot. She growled at the sandstorm threaten to take her hat away. She pushed through and soon the sandstorm was gone and she reached the ridges. She sighed and held onto her hat as she crossed the ridge on a fallen tree. She was determined to see if Heatran was still here or not.

When she reached the other side, she wasn't really paying attention to where she was walking and pumped into something. She sighed when she heard growled and when she looked up, guess what she saw. Yep, the Floatzel had bumped into a undead. She looked at it as the undead growled and she bolted. Running on two so her hat didn't fall off. As she ran from the undead, she ran past a Delcatty, Hi! Bye! And she continued to run.

The Cubone shivered, it wasn't the cold or breeze, it was the feeling. Being alone in the forest caused him to be scared, he never new when an infected pokemon could jump out of no where. He had to take precautions, to do this he hid in the trees or walked in the shadows, though it deeply scared him more.

Eden heard paws against ground, the constant thumping of a pokemon running. Was it infected? He quickly jumped into a bush, and hid. Thump, thump. His heart pounded. Thump, thump. The sound got closer. Suddenly, it wasn't there anymore. Had he gone crazy, or did the pokemon leave?

He jumped out of the bush to be instantly confronted with a pokemons side, and literally bouncing off onto the ground. He fell head first, the skull on his head hit him hard. It hurt more than the fall itself.

Yup. He'd gone crazy.

[ooc: Short post is short lol. Got permission to bounce off Aqua from MoonlightEve. Thanks<3]

Xela wandered through the caves looking for the small frightened Pikachu when a Flotzel ran past her barely saying anything. Noticing what the Flotzel was running from, Xela stood still waiting for the undead to get closer. As the undead Banette grew near to her, suddenly the air began to crackle with electricity that condensed into a growing yellow ball in front of Xela's mouth. When it grew big enough, Xela thrust her body forward, hitting the electric ball with her tail to use a powerful Charge Beam against the Banette. Xela watched as her attacked sliced through the horrendously disfigured zombie until it was reduced to nothing on the cave floor.

Sighing heavily, Xela felt a rush pass through her. It had been so long since she had used one of her special contest moves and the feeling of giddiness washed over her from it. Quickly though that was replaced with sorrow as she thought of Delta and how he had disappeared into the cave without saying a word to Xela about it. Usually when he did things like that she knew not to follow so she had watched him leave and wandered off on her own to find the Pikachu she hadn't even met. "Hello?" She called through the cave hoping someone would hear her.

(OOC: I wasn't really quite sure what I was suppose to do with Delta so I just made it that he left. Poor Xela is now forever alone xD haha)

(not posting for twain, dont have the energy or enough material from previous posts to crank something out)

The Floatzel stopped as she felt something. She blinked and looked around. Ash was slowly falling from the mountain as she looked around. As she searched the are, she soon came up on a small Cubone. She smiled at the ground type as her heart leap for joy. It had been so long sense she had seen a younger pokemon. She offered her paw to the small pokemon and smiled, Hello little one. Are ya alright?

(Sorry, short post is short)

The Cubone stared and shook his head, his body felt weak and tired, he struggled to keep his eyes open. A feeling was in his arm, the feeling swelled and a red mark followed on his left arm appeared. The feeling was uncomfortable, it was cold yet warm, pain.

"Hello little one. Are ya alright?"

Eden looked up at the Floatzel, his eyes darted from left to right. He was confused, a Floatzel extending a hand to him? How? His body started to shake with fear, never before had he seen such kindness... since... the Cubone's eyes slowly filled with tears, he says to himself; "Mommy, daddy..." The Cubone whips away the tears quickly. His voice was a whisper.

"Y-Y-Yes..."

(ooc: Sorry 'bout the short post rgse;fg I wanted to make it longer but I don't have the attention span right now. XD)

As he was meditating on Stark Mountain with the sun setting, Kid A tried to get in touch with Alanis through spirit. He could not see her, touch her, or smell her, but he could feel her. The Simipour felt the spirit of his true love inside of him. Oh, how he wished that Floatzel was there with him. He wasn't even sure if she was still alive, but he could only hope.

It seemed as though that hope came through. He saw two figures in the distance, one of them appeared to be a Floatzel, the other a Cubone. He got up and ran to the two figures, calling out, "Alanis! Alanis! Is that you?" He began to slow down, however, when he realized that it wasn't her. It was a different Floatzel, this one was wearing a cowboy hat and a bandana, which the hippie liked on her. But he was still disappointed that it wasn't her. "Oh, bummer. You're not Alanis..." Kid hung his head in shame.

(OoC: Hello everyone!)

Xela wandered alone through the caves with the only thought in her head, to find the Pikachu. She knew it would be a waste of time to try to find Delta so she didn't even bother to do so. Something had changed in him recently and she didn't know what but she knew it was bad. Sighing, Xela turned a corner and caught wind on her face. Energy rushed through her and she tensed but then saw the Charizard from earlier and thinking quickly, she fired her charge beam above her weakly as a signal. "Hello. I didn't catch your name from earlier but I'm Xela and I would like to help you find your friend." Her voice echoed along the walls and she hoped it wouldn't attract anything.

The Floatzel looked at the Cubone and patted it's head. It's alright little one. Name Aqua, it's nice ta meetcha. She smiles at the ground type, then turn when she heard someone calling. It was a Simipour. She grasped but bit her tongue as she tried not to think this was her old boyfriend.

Um, no. I'm not this here Alanis ya speak of. Names Aqua and for give my accent if ya can't understand meh. She eyed the Simipour as she crossed her arms in front of her chest and tipped her hat to where it hid the side of her face. She was intrigued by the fellow water type, but something about him made her whole body heat up and she even felt safe in his presence. She twisted the hay in her mouth as she tried to figure out what was up with this strange pokemon.

"Um, no. I'm not this here Alanis ya speak of. Names Aqua and for give my accent if ya can't understand meh." The Floatzel said to Kid. He was still upset that this Floatzel wasn't Alanis. Regardless, he still found her alright. Moving his hair out of his eyes, he said, "Don't worry about it. I don't mind at all if you have one or not. I call myself Kid A, by the way, and it's awesome meeting you, Aqua!"

He looked around to see if there were any other pokemon still alive, there was a Cubone down by Aqua. He looked really timid and scared. Kid crouched down to his level and said in his normally calm voice, "Hey there, little man. Are you okay?"

(OoC: Edited the post because the fact it was so short was killing me.)

The Phanteon skipped through the stone, mud-covered halls of the mountain. Being a ghost he didn't mind the heat that the walls emitted, if anything it felt like the eeveelution was wrapped in cozy blankets. A lazy grin adorned his face, humming a fancy tune loud enough for anyone close to him to hear. He admits, he isn't a great fan of ornate, classical music but sometimes they caught on. Especially Canon in D, lovely tune!

Faustus stopped when he spotted two figures up ahead. A Charizard and a... A... A Delcatty! Maybe it was Odette? The Phanteon carefully padded towards the two living, smiling. "Er, hello." he mumbled. His red eye was fixated on the feline, searching every feature on her face to see if he can find his darling Odette, staring back at him.

((OOC-I pass this time.))

(Skip please)

"It's alright little one. Name Aqua, it's nice ta meetcha."

Eden's mind was starting to tire, so much had happened in only a few minutes, confused, he looked around. First, the Floatzel named Aqua had come up to him to ask if he was okay, he answered with a simple "yes". Then, some Simipour had come out of no where, calling Aqua "Alanis", and Aqua and the Simipour started to have a small conversation, introducing themselves. Aqua was definitely not an Alanis!

"Um, no. I'm not this here Alanis ya speak of. Names Aqua and for give my accent if ya can't understand meh." Aqua had said, her accent really showing out this time. Before, he had been so scared to have noticed it. The Simipout moves his hair out of his eyes, he seemed a tiny bit upset, but none the less, he looked quite alright. He seems nice.

"Don't worry about it. I don't mind at all if you have one or not. I call myself Kid A, by the way, and it's awesome meeting you, Aqua!"

The Simipour suddenly moved down towards Eden, leaning down to his level, calmly and soothingly saying, "Hey there, little man. Are you okay?" Eden jumped back a bit, he hit his head against a tree, he grabbed his head, the skull had bumped against it hard. He yelled under his breath, closing his eyes in pain. A tear escaped.